The National Rural Employment Guarantee (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2007

(1) This Act maybe called the National Rural EmploymentGuarantee (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different areas in the State and anyreference to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force ofthat Act in such areas.

(1) TheNational Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005) (hereinafter referred to as the principalAct) and all rules, orders and schemes made thereunder by the Central Government are hereby extendedto, and shall be in force in, the State of Jammu and Kashmir*. (2) With effect from the date of commencement of this Act, in the principal Act, in sub-section (2) ofsection 1, the words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*" shall be omitted.

Any reference in anyAct mentioned in the principal Act to a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir* shall,in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State.